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Don Tapscott (Digital Strategist & Executive Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute):

Don Tapscott, Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored 16 books, including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, which has been translated into over 25 languages. Don’s most recent book was authored alongside his son, Alex Tapscott, a globally- recognized investor, advisor and speaker on blockchain technology and crypto-assets.

Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World was published in May 2016 and is, according to Harvard Business School’s Clay Christensen, “the book, literally, on how to survive and thrive in this next wave of technology-driven disruption.” The paperback version of the book, updated with new material covering recent developments in the blockchain industry, was published in June 2018.

In 2017, Don and Alex co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute, whose 100+ projects are the definitive investigation into blockchain strategy, use-cases, implementation challenges and organizational transformations.

Don’s new book Supply Chain Revolution debuted as the #1 new book in the commerce category on Amazon. This is part of a new series of four books (a new one quarterly) edited by Don or Alex to come out over the next year. The first public book in the series – The Financial Services Revolution, How Blockchain is Transforming Money, Markets and Banking — edited and with a foreword by Alex Tapscott, was released on Amazon.com Feb 5, 2020.

Don is a member of the Order of Canada and is ranked the second-most influential Management Thinker and the top Digital Thinker in the world by Thinkers50. He served as Chancellor (2013 – 2019) of Trent University in Ontario, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD. It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more prolific, profound, and influential in explaining today’s technological revolutions and their impact on the world.

Webinar Topic: The Internet Has Entered A Second Era

About The Webinar:

The world has changed with the present and the future belonging to a whole new digital era.

We have now learned to adapt and live in this digital world. The on-going pandemic has exposed our highly overburdened systems that are grappling with uncertainty and indecisiveness. What if we start looking at technology & digital means as an aid to maintain and record data from the start thereby leading to better decisions.

Don Tapscott, arguably the world’s leading authority on the digital age, discusses blockchain and its relevance to pandemics and other digital means to aid developing economies.